Instagram Related Profiles Scraper

🚀 Instagram Related Profiles Scraper: Find Similar Instagram Accounts

Get the related (suggested) accounts Instagram shows for any public profile: username, full name, verified and private flags and profile picture, optionally with followers, following, bio and bio links. The Instagram Related Profiles Scraper is an Instagram influencer finder and competitor discovery tool that works without an Instagram account: enter a few accounts, go one or more levels deep, and export the similar accounts to JSON, CSV or Excel.

🎯 Use Cases

• Find similar Instagram accounts: start from one account you like and get the accounts Instagram itself links to it.
• Influencer discovery: start from a known creator in your niche and collect lookalike creators to contact.
• Competitor analysis: map the brands Instagram groups with yours or a rival's.
• Audience and niche mapping: go two or three levels deep to chart a whole niche.
• Lead lists: turn on profile details for followers, bios and website links of every account found.

✨ Features

• Instagram's own suggestions: up to 50 related accounts per profile, in Instagram's order (position).
• Depth: 1 = accounts related to your usernames; 2 or 3 = also the accounts related to those (breadth-first, nearest first).
• No duplicates: every account is listed once per run, with relatedTo and depth showing where it was found.
• Profile details (optional): followers, following, bio, bio links, highlights, reels flag and Threads username.
• Bulk: many starting usernames per run, each with its own limit.
• Fair billing: details are charged only for rows that carry them; usernames that don't exist are not charged.

🛠️ How It Works

1. Enter usernames or profile links, one per line.
2. Choose "Max profiles per username", the Depth and whether to add profile details.
3. Run and download the accounts as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull them through the API.

Related lists are fullest for large accounts: profiles with ~10 million followers or more usually show 50, accounts with 1–5 million show 12–43, and smaller accounts often show none. For a small niche, start from its biggest accounts and use depth 2.

⚙️ Input

Field	What it does
Usernames or profile URLs	Instagram usernames, @handles or profile links, one per line.
Max profiles per username	Stop after this many related profiles for each username (default 50).
Depth	1 = related accounts of your usernames; 2–3 = also their related accounts (default 1).
Add profile details	Also get followers, following, bio and links for each profile (default off).

{
    "usernames": ["natgeo", "nasa"],
    "maxProfiles": 100,
    "depth": 2,
    "enrichProfiles": true
}

💰 Pricing

Pay only for the profiles you get. No monthly rental.

Event	Price	What you get
Profile	$0.0015 per profile ($1.50 per 1,000)	One related account: username, name, verified and private flags, picture
Profile details	$0.0015 per profile ($1.50 per 1,000)	Followers, following, bio and links. Only with "Add profile details" on, and only for rows that carry them
Actor start	$0.00005 per run	Charged once when the run starts.

Examples: 1,000 related profiles = $1.50 · 1,000 profiles with details = $3.00.

📊 Sample Output Data

{
    "id": "528817151",
    "username": "nasa",
    "fullName": "NASA",
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",
    "isVerified": true,
    "isPrivate": false,
    "profilePicUrl": "https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/29090066_159271188110124_11520…",
    "relatedTo": "natgeo",
    "depth": 1,
    "position": 1,
    "seedUsername": "natgeo",
    "hasDetails": true,
    "biography": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
    "externalUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov",
    "externalUrls": [{ "title": "NASA.gov Homepage", "url": "https://www.nasa.gov" }],
    "followers": 104379750,
    "following": 90,
    "hasHighlights": true,
    "highlightReelCount": 5,
    "hasReels": true,
    "pronouns": [],
    "threadsUsername": "nasa",
    "isMemorialized": false,
    "fbid": "17841401474538262",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T12:58:44.626Z"
}

seedUsername is the username you entered, relatedTo the account whose list this profile came from, depth how many steps away it is and position its place in that list. Without profile details, rows end at hasDetails: false.

🔁 Schedule and Integrate

Run your seed accounts monthly with Apify Schedules to catch new accounts entering your niche. Send the rows to Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, n8n, your CRM or a webhook with Apify integrations.

🤖 Use with AI Agents (MCP)

This Actor works as a tool in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients through the Apify MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com). An agent can call it with:

{ "usernames": ["natgeo"], "maxProfiles": 20 }

❓ FAQ

How do I find similar Instagram accounts? Enter an account you know and run the Actor. You get the accounts Instagram shows as related to it ("suggested for you"), in Instagram's order. Use depth 2 to go one step further.

Why did an account return no related profiles? Instagram shows related accounts mostly for large profiles; many accounts under about a million followers show none, and some big brands have the list turned off. Such usernames are listed in the status message and not charged. Start from the largest accounts in your niche.

How do I find Instagram influencers in my niche? Start from two or three well-known creators in the niche, set depth 2 and turn on profile details. Then filter the results by followers, isVerified and keywords in biography.

Do I need an Instagram account or cookies? No. The Actor works without logging in.

Are emails or phone numbers included? No. Instagram does not show contact details to visitors who are not logged in. Bio links (externalUrls) are included with profile details.

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